Sharp Ends Crack Trap b/w Loaded Hearts (Mammoth Cave) Calgary, AB ::web/sounds::

Sharp Ends were the source of rampant rumours in our village square during 2009′s adjective-fest (read: Sled Island) and they’ve quickly become the talk of North America’s underground after a debut single on Chicago’s bozak-repellant HoZac Records. With a new single on Lethbridge’s beautifully curated Mammoth Cave Recordings, Sharp Ends briefly depart from the rolling bass, bludgeonly drums, and red-line vocals to surprise us with one of the best B-sides left of Winnipeg (I’ve always wanted to say that!). Loaded Hearts will rip you into Legoâ„¢-chunks of teenage angst within seconds of launching; it’s classic DIY jangle with way too much attitude tastefully balanced by top-notch laxidasical chanting and relentless guitar shreddery. This isn’t to say Crack Trap doesn’t also deliver, just in an entirely different way; Crack Trap tickles the inner post-punk / college-radio basement-nerd inside of every loser going Dutch and buying $100 7″s on the sly (myself (proudly) included). There are many treasures inside the Mammoth Cave.

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Sharp Ends – Loaded Hearts

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Sharp Ends – Crack Trap